Master's Degree Options
Optional Master's Degree in Reading and Reading Specialist Certification (100% online)
A Master of Arts Degree with certification as a Reading Specialist may be earned by completing the following:
- Up to 3 credits can be transferred from NPTNJ K6/K12 into the program (with advisement from the program chairperson)
- 27 credits in literacy education for K6 and K12 AR completers
Apply for the M.A. in Reading with Reading Specialist Certification
Optional Master's Degree in Educational Technology (100% online)
A Master of Arts Degree in Educational Technology may be earned by completing the following:
- Up to 15 credits transfer from the New Pathways Program
- 18 credits in educational technology for K6 and K12 AR completers, 24 credits in educational technology for P3 AR completers
Apply for the M.A. in Educational Technology
Optional Master's Degree in Educational Technology with School Media Library Specialist (100% online)
A Master of Arts Degree in Educational Technology with certification as a School Media Library Specialist may be earned by completing the following:
- Up to 12 credits transfer from the New Pathways Program
- 21 credits in educational technology for P3, K6 and K12 AR completers
Apply for the M.A. in Educational Technology with School Media Library Specialist
Optional Master's Degree in Educational Technology with STEM Certificate (100% online)
A Master of Arts Degree in Educational Technology with STEM certificate be earned by completing the following:
- Up to 9 credits transfer from the New Pathways Program
- 21 credits in educational technology for K6 and K12 AR completers, 27 credits in educational technology for P3 AR completers
Apply for the M.A. in Educational Technology with STEM certificate
Optional Master's Degree in Special Education (100% online)
A Master of Arts in Teaching degree with certification in Teachers of Students with Disabilities (TOSD) may be earned by completing the following:
- 21 credits needed for the Teacher of Students with Disabilities license
- up to 12 of the 24 credits from New Pathways (taken for credit or converted to credit)
- 1 additional 3-credit course
- Passing score on Special Education Praxis II
Apply for the Special Education MAT
Optional Master's Degree in ESL Education (100% online)
A Master of Arts Degree with certification in English as a Second Language may be earned by completing the following:
- Up to 24 credits from the ESL alternate route program
- Additional courses: MCC 626 Survey and Development of English as a Second Language Material (3 credits); MCC 650 Research Urban Education in ESL/Bilingual Education (3 credits)
- 3 credits of electives
Optional Master’s Degree in Bilingual/Bicultural Education (100% Online)
A Master of Arts Degree with certification in Bilingual/Bicultural Endorsement may be earned by completing the following:
- Up to 24 credits from the ESL alternate route Program
- Additional courses: MCC 607 Theory and Practice of Teaching Bilingual Children (3 credits); MCC 623 Contemporary Issues in Bilingual Curriculum Development (3 credits); MCC 650 Research Urban Education in ESL/Bilingual Education (3 credits)
Apply for the Bilingual/Bicultural M.A. Degree
Optional Master's Degree in Urban Education: Teaching and Learning in Urban Schools (100% online)
A Master of Arts Degree in Urban Education: Teaching & Learning in Urban Schools may be earned by completing the following:
- Up to 18 credits transfer from New Pathways or the NJCU P-3 Specialized Alternate Route Program
- 18 credits in urban education:
Apply for the M.A. in Urban Education: Teaching and Learning in Urban Schools
Credit Conversions
If you would like to convert your non-credit courses to graduate credit so that you can use them towards one of these degree programs, get more information. There is a 5 year limit for course credit conversion. The 5 year limit begins at the time a student takes their first course and holds for all subsequent coursework.
This policy applies to all graduate students:
- Students have seven years within which to complete their degree;
- Only credits not older than seven years at the time a student is first registered for graduate study may be considered for transfer;
- Only credits not older than seven years at the time for which a student requests graduation (clearance) are valid, unless these are transfer credits which meet the previous standard.